50 Hikes in the Maine Mountains: Day Hikes and Backpacks in the Fabled Northern Peaks and Lake Country (Fifty Hikes Series) (Paperback)

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Product Description

The 50 hikes that registered Maine guide Cloe Chunn has chosen for this updated edition of her popular guidebook range in length from 2 hours to 5 days--and lead to waterfalls, remote ponds, lookout towers, swimming holes, and incomparable vistas. Along with hiking directions and map, Chunn also provides information on the geology, wildlife, and history of each trail--and she emphasizes family hiking. 26 photos. 51 maps.

Product Details

• Paperback: 239 pages
• Publisher: Backcountry Pubns; 2nd edition (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881503908
• ISBN-13: 978-0881503906
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,279,942 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hike with a really knowledgeable friend, October 14, 1999

By A Customer

Cloe wasn't always chunn, but she is still the best guide writer. Her knowledge of geology is especially helpful. Along with historical anecdotes, flora and fauna and well scripted trail detail, cloe's love of the maine woods shines through every page. Her book(s) are like our bible when we hike in Baxter Park and other Maine locales.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, time for an update?, July 9, 2001

By	William M. Brown "[e-mail]" (Farmington, ME United States) - See all my reviews

This book is fantastic and has led me to a number of great hikes right outside my door. With the changing nature of the forest and continued harvesting, it is probably time for a new edition, a few of the trails don't exist quite like they once did.

2.0 out of 5 stars incomplete trail description very frustrating, May 20, 2004

By	ingonyama "ingonyama" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Just came back from hiking Tumbledown Mt. using the description in the book...What Cloe doesn't tell you is that Loop climbs through boulders to an apparent dead end where you can either do a vertical climb up a rock face (to a ledge which dead ends) or traverse a face up underneath a huge overhanging boulder which has water running out of it...if you try the latter you'll find rungs leading through to the continuation of the trail. But none of this was in the book. We lost about 20 minutes & had to do some fairly technical unprotected climbing before we realized where the trail went. This kind of information is why I would buy a trail guide...as it was, we ended up in a frustrating and potentially dangerous situation b/c of the inadequate description in this book.